Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-20
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
THREE new cases and one death from
yellow fever were reported at Tampa,
a relief association. Proper precautions
have been taken to prevent the spread of
the disease.
THE return of JAS. Gordon Bennett to
New York, has caused a ripple of interest
| on Wall street, the conclusion being
reached at once that it has some connec-
ton with the affairs of the Commercial
! Cable Company and its rate war with the
| Western Union.
| THE New York Tribune announced on
| the IIth that John M. Ward, captain of
the New York baseball nine, would, on
! the 18th, marry Miss Helen Dauvray, the
talented and wealthy actress. They will
make tour in the West.
AT revival meeting in church at
jacksonville, KY, on the night of the 10th,
Lonnie Preston and one Bryant became
involved in quarrel. A stampede ensued,
the worshipers giving up the church to
the combatants. When quiet was restored
Preston was found on the floor disem-
bowlcd, while Bryant was missing. Pres
ton will die.
JUDGE THOMAS c. MANNING, United
States Minister to Mexico, died on the
morning of the 18th at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel, New York. He had been ill for
about a week and was taken sick shortly
after his arrival in the city to attend the
meeting of the Peabody Educational
Fund, OF which he was one of the trus-
tees.
By fire in Northern Ohio Insane Asy-
1um, at Cleveland, ON the evening of the
18th, several of the inmates met their
death by asphyxiation and burning. The
loss on the building will reach $25, 1000.
The most heroic work on the part of the
officers and attendants was called into
req uisition to subdue the panic among the
unfortunate patients.
AN inquest is being held at Koutz, Ind,
over the victims of the great railroad hor-
ror.
Snow began falling at Utica, N. Y, on
the morning of the 18th. It was the first of
the season.
ROBERT GARRETT has resigned the Balti
more & Ohio presidency.
Russell BROWN, who killed his grand
mother, Mrs. Doris, in st. Louis, in JAN
uary, 1882, escaped from the Missouri
State prison on the night of the 18th.
The Ameer of Afghanistan does not
believe the report that Ayoub Khan is
dead, and continues the work of defense
for Afghanistan in case of civil war.
Snow storms, accompanied by thunder
| and lightning, prevailed in England and
Wales, on the 18th. Roads in Wales were
blocked with snow.
THE United States steamship Adams
has been dispatched to the Samoan islands
to protect American interests.
THE President has appointed Thomas G.
Pound, of Chippewa Falls, Wis, George
Stoneman, of Los Angeles, Cal, and Theo-
dore Cook, of Cincinnati, commissioners
To ayo ina md oNtfJI two
of railroad and telegraph lines constructed
by the Central Pacific railroad Successor
to the California & Oregon railroad).
MEN-oF-wAR of all nations are as
semblng at Morocco.
THE Interstate Commerce Commission
resumed its open sessions on the 18th.
All the commissioners were present.
NJ. SAvoURE, Frenchman who, for ten
years has been a resident of Shoa, one of
the States of Abyssinia, has arrived at
Paris on a mission from King John.
THE Russian Government officially con-
tradicts the report that Grand Duke Mich
olas, in a recent speech, declared that,
under certain circumstances, he and other
Russians would join the French army.
SUPERINTENDENT HAMILTON received
telegram on the 18th from Deputy Col
lector Spencer at Tampa, Fla, saying
that one death and three new cases of yell
low fever had occurred since last report,
but that the situation seemed more hope
full.
THE defalcation of r, S. Hicks, cashier
of the Stafford (Conn.) National Bank,
will exceed 500, 900, but the exact amount
will not be known until returns are made
from various New York and Boston banks.
TELEGRAMs received in New York on
the 18th contained statements that rumors
were current that Henry Willard had re-
signed from the directory of the Northern
Pacific railroad. Mr.. Willard authorizes
the statement that they are absolutely
untrue.
A DEPUTATIoN of London paupers de-
manded assistance from the authorities on
the 18th, but received only rebuke.
THE Detroits shut the st. Louis Browns
out in the fourth game of the worlds
championship series at Pittsburgh, Pa,
on the 18th, by score of to O.
The remains of General Fitzpatrick ar
rived in New York on the 18th.
THERE will be q G. A. r. celebration Oc-
tober 26, ~ and % at Cincinnati.
CANADIAN priest was logged, on
the 18th, under the law, for criminally as
saulting young lady.
MISS FANNIE HAYES, daughter of ex-
President R. B. Hayes, sailed on the 18th
for the Bermudas on a visit to the plan
tation of her uncle, General Hastings.
THE United States Treasury on the 18th
received conscience contribution of
twenty dollars in an envelope postmarked
Gretna, Neb.
ENGLISH Government officials are much
annoyed over the verdict of murder
against the police at Mitchellstown, Ire
land.
THE jury in the case against John
O'Connor, on trial in the United States
District Court at st. Paul, Mimi, for
robbing the Minneapolis post-ofice, re-
ported on the 18th that they could not
agree.
THE jury in the case of Herman Tuber,
the Union Hill IN. J.) Anarchist, after be-
ing out about twenty minutes, on the 18th,
returned a verdict of guilty.
FURTHER details confirm the first re-
ports of the Ohio Insane asylum horror.
The total number of fatalities was seven.
DR. PORTER, president of the Key West
(Fla.) Board of Health, having gone to
Tampa to investigate the epidemic, Sur
geon- General Hamilton has revoked the
order to DIR. Guiteras to make such an in
vestigation.
"Doc" ANDREWS, one Of the men men,
toned in Stairs confession as participant
ing in the Dexter (Me.) murder and bank
robbery, was arrested on the 18th. He has
lived at Bangor since about the date of the
tragedy.
A WINNIPEG (Man.) special to the st.
Paul Pioneer Press says: A letter from
Stewart, on the north shore of Lake Su-
perior, reports the finding Of the bodies of
two persons stoned to death by Indians.
They are supposed Co be members Of some
camping party.
The schooner Thomas L. larry, that